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If it's calories in/ calories out
I know I'm probably stirring up a hornet's nest but it's something I have to ask. I would also be interested to see if anyone can supply a good answer. If weight loss is all about calories in\calories out, how do you account for the difficulties repeatedly seen by people with thyroid issues or on medications? So many…
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Really??
Ok, I need to rant. We have a charity shop next door to where I work and whilst taking a cigarette break today I noticed a book in the window, The Low-Carb Bible. Priced at £3 I thought even if there was only a few worthwhile recipes in it it wouldn't be a huge loss of money so I bought it. There's recipes in there using…
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Almost just died
I picked up a different mayo when shopping as I noticed my old mayo used veg oils. The one I bought stated made with evoo but turns out only 10% , rest is rapeseed oil, which I gather is just as good. Anyway, I was comparing the nutritional values and the new jar listed the recommended values.... 90g of sugar!! Are they…
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Eating academy
Ive spent a large amount of time this evening checking out this website http://eatingacademy.com/ I imagine some people here have already visited it but thought I'd post it up for those that haven't. A lot of enlightening stuff there.
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Sugar free sweets
Anyone know what they use in sugar-free sweets, assuming they haven't just left the sugar out? Not that it's something I would indulge in regularly but was thinking about it as an occasional option. If they've gone using nasty stuff in it (HCFS) or similar it'd probably be better to take the sugar hit from real sweets if…
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Sodium guidelines
I was interested to find out people's opinions on the sodium guidelines, both on low carb and normal diets. I'm asking here as daren't ask on general forums with the blinkered fat bad, grains good, calories in, calories out, eat less, move more attitudes that populates them for the main. I've read a lot of pieces that are…
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Subways , hold the sub.
I decided to check the nutritional values of Subways on their site. I thought there's no reason I can't still enjoy them just minus the sub. I think I've found my lunch for Friday (payday) Foot long Chicken and Bacon ranch melt, extra cheese. Dump the contents on a plate and discard the sub. Calories: 684 Protein: 64…
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Stomach more vocal
This seems a bit weird but I've noticed my stomach seems to be more "vocal" the past few days, even soon after eating. Not feeling hungry but the same kind as sound as hunger sounds. Anyone else experience this? Is it in some way due to my body adjusting to breaking down different foods than its used to, or am I just…
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Everything in place
Hi. My first post since joining the group. I started going low carb last week. 15 months ago I weighed 360lbs. Over the next 13 months I lost 65 lbs and got down to 295lbs, the lowest I've been in over 10 yrs. I done this mostly by watching calories and fats of course. Everyone knows that's right. ;-) It's when I was…
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Special K
I just wanted to make a quick post acknowledging Special K's recent advert campaigns. These ads show women stepping on the scales and, instead of a number being displayed , they see words like "healthy", "happy" and "sexy". Basis of the ads is to think about how losing weight/getting healthy makes you feel, rather than the…
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Less carb/More fat
I've started this topic so as to try to avoid taking over MrsSki's trainer thread. Anyone that has read the thread will have seen the discussion brought up about different body types. Here's a quick recap. Ectomorph: If you're an ectomorph, you're naturally thin with skinny limbs and a high tolerance for carbohydrates.…
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Moral question
I was just interested to see what other people's opinions on this were. Let me first say I'm fully signed on with the concept of EM2WL and have been preaching it to anyone that'll listen. Today I received a message on Facebook from a friend that is planning on losing weight to raise money for Cancer Research. From what she…
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Managing the carbs
I was hoping people might be able to throw up some ideas for lowering my carb intake. Most of the time Im hitting 50%, maybe upwards. To me it just seems a natural part of the diet, a sandwich as a snack sized meal, toast for breakfast, and surely most "full" meals is meat/fish with veg and potatoes or rice (or carb of…
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Correcting a lifting misbalance?
When I'm lifting using dumbells, on my last set I often hit failure a rep or two sooner on my left arm than my right. I was hoping someone could help suggest how to correct the imbalance. Do I need to work the left more often? Extra set with the left arm? Any advice would be appreciated.
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No plateau
I'm on week 3 of a reset and everything's going ok so far. A small weight gain but after struggling for the first few days I'm now even finding myself left hungry at times. Reading a lot of posts there seems to be a common theme to them that I don't share. A lot of people seem to have taken up EM2WL due to plateauing on…
